Dr. Mohamed Matthew Blango

Senior Lecturer · Agricultural Engineering

Njala University

Author

APID

12036

ORCID

0000-0003-3302-5645

Google Scholar

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Location

Njala, Southern, Sierra Leone

Expertise

Agricultural Engineer

Areas of interest

irrigation; Water Resources Management; Hydrology

Member since

February 2026

Biography

Dr. Blango holds a PhD degree in Agricultural Engineering and has served as Head, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Njala University. Since 2011, Dr. Blango has been working on extending cropping into the dry season using a micro-dam rainwater harvesting system. He is interested in improving water productivity in irrigated rice. As a staff in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Dr. Blango continues to teach several courses that include Hydrology, Irrigation & Drainage, Water Harvesting for Agriculture and Land & Water Resources Management.
He has also served as consultant for several Projects supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAFSL). Dr. Blango has published several articles in renowned journals, on themes that include rainwater harvesting, irrigation water management and use of biochar as soil amendment. He has also worked as Principal Investigator for an IAEA sponsored project investigating the effect of a microdam rainwater system on artificial recharge of groundwater. In 2015, Dr. Blango was awarded a Borlaug LEAP grant, through which he was mentored at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the University of Illinois, USA.

Publications

1. Assessment of Systems of Rice Intensification (SRI) principles on ROK-34 growth and yield under rainfed conditions in Moyamba District, Sierra Leone.
2. Assessment of Systems of Rice Intensification (SRI) principles on ROK-34 growth and yield under rainfed conditions in Moyamba District, Sierra Leone.
3. Effect of soil and water management practices on crop productivity in tropical inland valley swamps
4. Effect of soil and water management practices on crop productivity in tropical inland valley swamps.
5. Effect of soil and water management practices on crop productivity in tropical inland valley swamps.
6. Effect of soil and water management practices on crop productivity in tropical inland valley swamps.
7. Enhancing Water Productivity in Inland Valley Swamps: Sustainable Strategies and Practices
8. Enhancing Water Productivity in Inland Valley Swamps: Sustainable Strategies and Practices
9. Modeling the Effect of Climate Change on Water Stored above a Micro-Dam in an Inland Valley Swamp in Sierra Leone, Using SWAT.
10. Planting dates to mitigate climate variability effects on phenology and yield of Faro-66 and Rok-34 rice under rain-fed conditions in Sierra Leone
11. Planting dates to mitigate climate variability effects on phenology and yield of Faro-66 and Rok-34 rice under rain-fed conditions in Sierra Leone
12. Potential for Sustainable Irrigation towards Food Self-Sufficiency in Sierra Leone
13. Potential for Sustainable Irrigation towards Food Self-Sufficiency in Sierra Leone
14. Potential of biochar‐amended soil to enhance crop productivity under deficit irrigation
15. Rainwater harvesting for supplemental irrigation under tropical inland valley swamp conditions
16. Rainwater harvesting for supplemental irrigation under tropical inland valley swamp conditions
17. Rainwater harvesting for supplemental irrigation under tropical inland valley swamp conditions
18. Rainwater harvesting for supplemental irrigation under tropical inland valley swamp conditions
19. Redesigning inland valley swamp development for enhanced hillslope nutrient synergy in resource-constrained tropical environments.
20. Redesigning inland valley swamp development for enhanced hillslope nutrient synergy in resource-constrained tropical environments.